Curved Air presents:
German bass-baritone Hans Hotter (1909-2003) sings classic Wagner roles in recordings from 1950 to 1962, including live performances as Wotan in Der Ring Des Nibelungen recorded at Bayreuth. Below is Hotter in as the Flying Dutchman in Der fliegende Holländer. Read here a review of the 2002 Naxos CD of Hans Hotter’s 1950 broadcast performance from The Met.
Wilhelm Furtwängler, “Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg: Prelude to Act III”
from Wagner: Operatic Excerpts
EMI - 2004
Hans Knappertsbusch, “Parsifal, Act I: Titurel, der fromme Held, der kannt' ihn wohl (Gurnemanz)”
from Wagner: Parsifal
Decca - 1964
Hans Hotter & Fritz Reiner, “Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman): Act I, "Die Frist Is Um"”
from Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Naxos - 2009
recorded December 30, 1950 at Metropolitan Opera
Wilhelm Furtwängler, “Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg: Dance of the Apprentices”
from Wagner: Operatic Excerpts
EMI - 2004
Hans Hotter & Astrid Varnay, “Wagner - Die Walkure, Act III. (excerpt)”
from Richard Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen
Opera d'Oro - 2013
Live recording, Bayreuth Festspielhaus 1953
DJbob Curved Air January 23rd, 2024
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Tags: der ring des nibelungen, hans hotter, hans knappertsbusch, richard wagner, sir georg solti